2009 Archives of
The BookThinker Newsletter


ISSN 1547-9501

#131, 5 January 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. Bookselling with Apple's iPhone 3G - Taking It to the Next Level?
  3. Update Announcements
  4. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - December 2008
  5. QMR Book of the Month - How To Survive & Thrive in the Coming Wave of Deflation
  6. Gold Edition - Quotation of the Month - How to Buy and Sell Photobooks - Issues #32, #33 & #34
  7. Special Report - An Overview of Historical Pricing Resources Three Resources at the Right Price

#132, 2 February 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. Selling on eBay - How to Revive Your Business?
  3. Update Announcements
  4. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - January 2009
  5. BookThink Special Report - The Great Depression - Why History Matters in Bookselling
  6. BookThink Special Report - The Top 100 Money Making Authors
  7. BookThink Special Report - Selling a Signed First Edition on eBay - One Way to Do It
  8. Gold Edition #56 - Buying and Selling Catalogs - Part I: An Introduction and Primer on Department Store Catalogs
  9. BookThink's Quarterly Market Report of Common, Profitable Books - Issue #6

#133, 9 March 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. Looking Backward - How to Cut Costs (Maybe)
    and Increase Profits
  3. Big Savings with Multi-D - Cutting Costs by Cutting Boxes
  4. Update Announcements
  5. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - January 2009
  6. The Frugal Bookseller, Part I - BookThink Special Report
  7. QMR Book of the Month - Neaderthin - Eat Like a Caveman to Achieve a Lean, Strong, Healthy Body
  8. Selling a Signed First Edition on eBay - Update, and a New BookThink Service - BookThink Special Report
  9. Gold Edition Quotation of the Month - Buying and Selling Catalogs - Part II: Auction Catalogs, Issue #57

#134, 20 April 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. Building a Bookselling Reference Library - Part V: Simply the Best Autograph Reference Book I've Seen
  3. The Frugal Bookseller - Part II
  4. BookThink's Gold Edition - Issue #58 - Buying and Selling Catalogs - Part III: Power Flashpoint Alert: Asbestos
  5. BookThink's Quarterly Market Report of Common, Profitable Books - Issue #6
  6. Update Announcements
  7. Selling on eBay-A Review of Comsulting's Bulk Reviser
  8. The Ordinary Meets the Bizarre and Other Matters - An Interview with J.C. Hallman
  9. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - January 2009
  10. QMR Book of the Month I Taught Amelia to Fly
  11. BookThink Specials
  12. Building a Bookselling Reference Library - Part VI: The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum and Oz
  13. QMR Book of the Month - How to Print T-Shirts for Fun and Profit

#135, 25 May 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. Buying Inventory Online - Mining Bookselling Gold with PicClick
  3. A Bookseller's Guide to Microsoft Outlook - Part I: Introduction, Signatures and Tasks
  4. BookThink's Gold Edition - Issue #58 - Buying and Selling Catalogs - Part III: Power Flashpoint Alert: Asbestos
  5. Update Announcements
  6. USPS PS Form 2976 - Update
  7. Selling on eBay - Using Best Offer to Increase Your Revenue
  8. QMR Book of the Month Update - Suppertime for Frieda Fuzzypaw Revisited
  9. Current BookThink Specials
  10. Shipping Solutions for Booksellers - How To Build Your Own Boxes
  11. Top 10 on eBay - April 2009
  12. BookThink's Gold Edition - Issue #59 - How To Buy Inventory on Craigslist
  13. How To Buy BookThink Premium Resources - A FAQ Addendum
  14. Top 10 on eBay - May 2009

#136, 27 July 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. Book Repair for BookThinkers - Comb Binding Books
  3. QMR Book of the Month - What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars
  4. Update Announcements
  5. Help Wanted Needed - Hiring Help for Your Bookselling Business
  6. Bookselling in the 21st Century - Part I: Adapt or Die?
  7. Special Announcements
  8. PicClick Tips - Straight from the Developer's Mouth - Cut Your Inventory Searches by 90%
  9. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - June 2009

#137, 24 August 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. Alibris and BetterWorldBooks - Strange Bedfellows? - An Interview with Alibris CEO Brian Elliott
  3. Update Announcements
  4. Bookselling in the 21st Century - Part 2: Before Looking Ahead, Look Back to Make Sure
    the Ship Isn't Sinking
  5. Book Repair for BookThinkers - How to "Repair" Warped Boards
  6. Special Announcements
  7. Letters to the Editor - From David Greif - Response from Karin Bergsagel
  8. BookThink's Author Profiles - An Interview with Lizzie Skurnick

#138, 21 September 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. Bookselling in the 21st Century - Part III: If You Learn How to Do Nothing Else ...
  3. Top 10 on eBay - July 2008
  4. Special Announcements
  5. BookThink's Author Series - Nevada Barr Revisited
  6. BookThink's Top 10 on eBay - August 2009
  7. Bookselling in the 21st Century - Part IV: - Identifying Books That Need to Be Liquidated Immediately

#139, 2 November 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. J.M. Dent Books in Series - Three New Checklists for Booksellers and Collectors
  3. Scanning with Apple's IPhone 3G - Now It Works!
  4. Special Announcements
  5. Basic Cataloguing
  6. Update Announcements
  7. Bookselling in the 21st Century - Part V: How to Liquidate Books
  8. Special Announcements
  9. Condition Guidelines - Beware of the Grinch!
  10. Top 10 on eBay - October 2009

#140, 21 December 2009

  1. From the Editor
  2. Bookselling in the 21st Century - Part VI: Insulated Niches - An Introduction
  3. Condition Guidelines at Half.com - Update
  4. Special Announcements
  5. Bookselling in the 21st Century - Part VIII: Insulated Niches - Books Purchased for Decoration
  6. Update Announcements
  7. Bookselling in the 21st Century - Part VII: Insulated Niches - Signed Hypermoderns
  8. Special Announcements
  9. Bookselling in the 21st Century - Part IX: - Insulated Niches - Sacred Books



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